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With "ATTEND," enjoy select Kennedy Center performances for as little as $10 each! All of our current discounts are listed below.

Discount Tickets Available In Person Only

Bring your valid and current student ID to the our Box Office and ask for your "ATTEND DISCOUNT." Limit 2 tickets per student, per attraction (for 2nd ticket, you must show other person's student ID). ATTEND discounts are restricted to full-time degree-seeking students at accredited colleges and universities. Continuing education and part-time students do not qualify. If a date is struck out in listings below, we have exceeded our allotment of ATTEND discount tickets for that particular performance. Our Box Office is located at 2700 F Street NW, D.C. 20566. The closest Metro stop is Foggy Bottom-GWU.

Current Discounted Events

National Symphony Orchestra

$10 Tickets

Hugh Wolff, conductor/ Stephen Hough, piano, plays Saint-Saëns

"Joyously invigorating" (The Times of London) conductor Hugh Wolff leads Debussy's La Mer and Saint-Saëns's "Egyptian" Concerto featuring Stephen Hough, who Time Magazine says has "enough technique for any two ordinary pianists."

• Thursday, April 24 at 7 p.m.- includes a free post-performance AfterWords discussion with Hugh Wolff and Stephen Hough.
• Friday, April 25 at 1:30 p.m.
• Concert Hall

$10 Tickets

Composer Portrait: Aaron Copland

• Leonard Slatkin, conductor and co-host
• Martin Goldsmith, author and co-host
• Corey Parker Robinson, narrator
• Yvonne Caruthers, image editor

Few figures in American music loom as large as Aaron Copland. From Appalachian Spring and Billy the Kid to Rodeo and Fanfare for the Common Man, he captured the essence of the American spirit like no other composer. In this thrilling concert retrospective of Copland's life and work, the NSO explores his many musical gifts and the lasting impact they've had on our national heritage. Conducted by NSO Music Director Leonard Slatkin – and with on-stage commentary by author Martin Goldsmith complemented by projected photos – the program moves from excerpts of some of Copland's most significant works to complete performances of two masterpieces: Music for a Great City is his soaring evocation of Manhattan from the classic 1961 film Something Wild – and his immensely popular Lincoln Portrait features Abraham Lincoln's own words, including extracts from the Gettysburg Address. An AfterWords post-concert discussion with the co-hosts follows each program, free with your concert ticket.

• Thursday, May 1 at 7 p.m.
• Friday, May 2 at 7 p.m.
• Concert Hall

The 2008 Composer Portrait Celebrating Aaron Copland is supported by a gift from Sarah and Bill Walton.

$10 Tickets

Leonard Slatkin, conductor / Hilary Hahn, violin, performs Paganini

Music Director Leonard Slatkin leads the NSO, joined by soloist Hilary Hahn, in Paganini's Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major. The program also includes Verdi's Overture to I vespri siciliani and Del Tredici's Final Alice.

• Thursday, May 8 at 7 p.m.
• Friday, May 9 at 8 p.m.
• Concert Hall

The Green Series is sponsored by Siemens.

$10 Tickets

Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor / All-Sibelius program

Conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy leads the NSO in masterworks by Sibelius, including Symphonies No. 1 and 7, as well as The Oceanides.

• Thursday, May 29 at 7 p.m.
• Friday, May 30 at 8 p.m.
• Concert Hall

General Dynamics is the proud sponsor of the National Symphony Orchestra Classical Season.

Jazz

$10 Tickets

Luciana Souza

Sultry Brazilian vocalist Luciana Souza, named Rising Star Female Singer for the second year in a row by DownBeat Magazine, "makes good singing seem incredibly easy" (The New York Times). In 2004, her quartet heated up the Terrace Theater at the Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival. Now the three-time Grammy nominee unleashes her seductive charms in the Family Theater with music from The New Bossa Nova, her latest CD..

• Friday, May 2 at 9:30 p.m.
• Family Theater

Fortas Chamber Music Concerts

$10 Tickets

Jonathan Biss, piano, and Miriam Fried, violin

Though only in his 20s, award-winning American pianist Jonathan Biss has already proven himself an accomplished soloist with nearly all of the world's major orchestras. His Kennedy Center appearances include performances with the National Symphony Orchestra as well as Isaac Stern's 80th birthday concert. Noted for his electrifying technique and remarkable versatility, he represents the third generation in a musical family that includes renowned violinist Miriam Fried, his mother. Since 1993, she has been the artistic director of the Ravinia Institute, and her supreme artistry continues to inspire international audiences. Together, Jonathan Biss and Miriam Fried perform an engaging program of sonatas by Bartók and Janácek, book-ended by the second and third sonatas of Johannes Brahms.

• Monday, May 12 at 7:30 p.m.
• Terrace Theater

$10 Tickets

I Fagiolini

With a name meaning "little beans" in Italian, there's no doubt I Fagiolini makes for a uniquely entertaining end to the Fortas season. For more than 20 years, they've been one of Britain's most innovative vocal ensembles, known for their bold approach to early music. Graduates of Oxford University, the performers specialize in Renaissance and Baroque as well as contemporary works. I Fagiolini's self-described "music-theater"--staged presentations of pre-classical secular masterpieces--is spirited and vibrant, while at the same time historically informative. Don't miss all the fun and excitement these extraordinary singers bring to each and every concert.

• Saturday, May 31 at 7:30 p.m.
• Terrace Theater

The Fortas Chamber Music concerts are supported by generous contributors to the Abe Fortas Memorial Fund, and by a major gift to the fund from the late Carolyn E. Agger, widow of Abe Fortas.

NSO Pops

$15 Tickets

A Date with Dave Koz / Marvin Hamlisch, conductor

Over two decades, Dave Koz has established himself as a world-renowned saxophone player, platinum-selling recording artist, and wildly popular radio host. Hailed as a "smooth jazz superstar" by All About Jazz, his albums are a melting pot of pop, R&B, bebop, Christmas classics, movie music, and more. With four Grammy nominations to his credit, the list of his collaborators bears testament to his talent, from Burt Bacharach and Ray Charles to Natalie Cole and Barry Manilow. For the final NSO Pops concert of the season, Dave Koz puts his jazzy stamp on all your favorites. They are joined by special guest artist Nikki Yanofsky, a young vocalist from Montreal who made her Carnegie Hall debut on her 14th birthday in February with Marvin Hamlisch and the New York Pops Orchestra.

• Thursday, May 15 at 7 p.m. – includes a post-performance "More with Marvin" discussion, free with your concert ticket
• Friday, May 16 at 8 p.m.
• Concert Hall

*ATTEND discounts not valid on Box Tier seats or lowest priced seats. Offer subject to availability. Not valid in combination with any other offer. Not valid on previously purchased tickets. Offer may be withdrawn at any time without notice.